Transactions
8
Insider / CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
Machek Howard
Chief Accounting Officer at CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
- Company
- CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
- Ticker
- CENTA
- First filing on record
- February 2, 2026
- Latest trade on record
- July 13, 2026
- SEC filings
- EDGAR ↗
Machek Howard, Chief Accounting Officer at CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO, has disclosed 8 transactions in CENTA since February 2, 2026: 0 purchases (0 open-market buys) and 4 sales, worth about $430K at the reported prices. The latest was filed July 14, 2026, 1 day after the trade.
Open-market buys
0
Sales
4
Avg. disclosure lag
2.6d
Trading in charts
Trade timeline
When does this person trade, how big, and in which direction? Every trade in the last 12 months.
Bought (above the line)Sold (below the line)Other transaction
In the last 12 months Machek Howard made no purchases and 4 sales worth $333K, plus 4 other transactions. Dot size is the dollar amount.
Portfolio mix
Which stocks does this person trade most? Tile size is dollars traded, all time on record.
Machek Howard has traded 1 stock on record; the largest by dollars is CENTA.
Reporting lag
Does this person report on time? One bar per filing against the Form 4 deadline.
On timeLate
0 of 4 filings on record were reported after the Form 4 deadline (two business days, counted here as 4 calendar days).
What kind of transactions
Most Form 4 rows are pay arriving or tax being withheld, not a decision to buy or sell. Only code P is an open-market purchase and code S an open-market sale. What each code means: Form 4 transaction codes.
| Code | Meaning | Rows | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Shares withheld for tax | 4 | 9,905 | $333K |
| A | Grant or award | 2 | 8,503 | — |
| M | Option exercise or conversion | 2 | 8,510 | $97K |
| Year | Rows | Bought | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 4 · $333K |
Transactions
| Security | Side | Trade date | Disclosed | Lag | Shares | Price | Value | Flags | Source | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTA | Sell F | July 13, 2026 | July 14, 2026 | 1d | 3,924 | $38 | $148K | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| CENTA | Other A | February 11, 2026 | February 12, 2026 | 1d | 6,250 | — | — | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| CENTA | Sell F | February 6, 2026 | February 10, 2026 | 4d | 1,329 | $34 | $45K | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| CENTA | Option / conversion M | January 30, 2026 | February 2, 2026 | 3d | 4,255 | — | — | derivative | Form 4 ↗ | |
| CENTA | Sell F | January 30, 2026 | February 2, 2026 | 3d | 3,667 | $30 | $111K | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| CENTA | Option / conversion M | January 30, 2026 | February 2, 2026 | 3d | 4,255 | $23 | $97K | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| CENTA | Sell F | January 30, 2026 | February 2, 2026 | 3d | 985 | $30 | $30K | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| CENTA | Other A | January 30, 2026 | February 2, 2026 | 3d | 2,253 | — | — | Form 4 ↗ |
Filings
| Filed | Form | Accession | Rows | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2026 | Form 4 | 0001193125-26-303325 | 1 | published | EDGAR ↗ |
| February 12, 2026 | Form 4 | 0001193125-26-048691 | 1 | published | EDGAR ↗ |
| February 10, 2026 | Form 4 | 0001193125-26-044743 | 1 | published | EDGAR ↗ |
| February 2, 2026 | Form 4 | 0001193125-26-033828 | 5 | published | EDGAR ↗ |
Other insiders at CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
- BROWN WILLIAM E Chairman 11 rows
- Hanson John Edward President, Pet Consumer Prod 10 rows
- Walker John D. III President, Garden Consumer Pro 10 rows
- LAHANAS NICHOLAS Chief Executive Officer 7 rows
- Ranelli John Director 5 rows
- Smith Bradley G. Chief Financial Officer 5 rows
- SPRINGER MARY BETH Director 4 rows
- PENNINGTON BROOKS III Director 3 rows
- Yuhas George A. General Counsel 3 rows
- Dougher Brendan Director 2 rows
Everyone on file, with contracts and lobbying under the company's name: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO.
Guides for this page
- What is SEC Form 4? Who files: officers, directors and owners of more than 10% of a class of the company's shares.
- Form 4 transaction codes P = purchase. S = sale. These are the two market trades.
- Insider buying vs insider selling Selling outweighs buying by a wide margin in normal times.
- Options and derivatives on Form 4 Table I = shares. Table II = options and other derivatives.
- What disclosure data cannot tell you Filings are late by design: up to 45 days for Congress, two business days for insiders.
Sources and method
| Source | Filings | Rows | First filed | Newest filed | Read the originals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC EDGAR, Form 4 | 4 | 8 | February 2, 2026 | July 14, 2026 | Form 4 list on EDGAR |
Site built October 27, 2026. Every row in the tables above links to its own filing. To quote a figure, use the Cite button at the top of the page; see how to cite and reuse.
Every row comes from the reporting owner's Form 4 as filed with the SEC (EDGAR ownership XML), read daily. "Value" is shares × the reported price; code P is an open-market purchase, S a sale, M an option exercise, A a grant. The lag is the filing date minus the trade date; Form 4 is due within two business days. Amendments (4/A) are not merged. Details on the methodology page; report an error on corrections.
Not investment advice. Figures are public disclosures shown as filed; they may lag the trade and may be amended later. No recommendation is made or implied.